Fred Parker's blind snake
Fred Parker's blindsnake (Gerrhopilus fredparkeri) is a species of snake in the family Gerrhopilidae.[1][2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Gerrhopilidae |
| Genus: | Gerrhopilus |
| Species: | G. fredparkeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Gerrhopilus fredparkeri (Wallach, 1996) | |
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Etymology
The specific name, fredparkeri, is in honor of Australian naturalist Frederick Stanley "Fred" Parker (born 1941).[3]
Geographic range
It is endemic to New Guinea and only known from the Central Province and National Capital District, Papua New Guinea.[1]
References
- Tallowin, O.; O'Shea, M.; Parker, F. (2015). "Gerrhopilus fredparkeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T42495453A42495460. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T42495453A42495460.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Gerrhopilus fredparkeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 March 2020.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops fredparkeri, pp. 94, 200).
Further reading
- Vidal N, Marin J, Morini M, Donnellan S, Branch WR, Thomas R, Vences M, Wynn A, Cruaud C, Hedges SB (2010). "Blindsnake evolutionary tree reveals long history on Gondwana". Biology Letters 6: 558–561. (Gerrhopilus fredparkeri, new combination).
- Wallach V (1996). "Two new blind snakes of the Typhlops ater species group from Papua New Guinea". Russian Journal of Herpetology 3 (2): 107–118. (Typhlops fredparkeri, new species).
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